AKSHAD Mukul Vitonde pipped Samir Ranjan Sahoo in three games to book a quarter-final berth in the men’s singles event of the Yonex-Sunrise Nagpur District Badminton Championship in progress at Subhedar Badminton Hall, RTMNU Campus, Ravi Nagar, on Sunday. Vitonde got the better of Sahoo 15-3, 13-15, 15-5 in what was the only pre-quartersmatch that went to three games. In the men’s doubles round of 16 match, Chunharmeet Singh Sokhi and Rohan Singh stunned second seedsAshokNarayanSinghKapta and Harish Nandkishor Paliwal in straight games 15-2, 15-4. RESULTS: MS R16: Priyanshu Dubey bt Anup Kadwe 15-9, 16-14; Rohan Singh bt Himanshu Hardev 15-9, 15-5; Devesh Jena bt Ameya Joshi 15-12, 15-11; Sanidhya Khandare bt Ajitesh Singh Parker 16-14, 15-9; Chunharmeet Singh Sokhi bt Kabir Awale 16-14, 15-7; Animesh Ghate bt Aryan Awale15-11,15-7;ShashankKulalbtNikhilSakhare 15-8 15-10. MDR16:DipanshuShukla andNabeel Ahmed bt Jitesh Tiwari and Pratik Palghamol w.o; Aaryan Sadhankar and Jeeva Pillai bt Kushal Khodiyar and Sriramamurthy Cherukuri 15-7, 15-10; Gaurav Rege and Hriday Deshmukh bt Ganesh Shahu and Jai Lohra 15-9, 15-3; Akshad Vitonde andAshishRajputbtAshishKhedikar and Uurjiit Khedikar 15-10, 11-15, 15-10; Deepak ManglaniandDonipudiThilakbtGurdasBharwani andNileshJibhenkar 15-4, 15-10;DeveshJena and ShashankKulalbtKaranKew